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the new democrat coalition. also, former representatives democratic jason all die, andrepublicantomdavisof virginia, on ways to make government more effective, civil, and less partisan be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven easton, tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> once, tv was simply three giant networks in a government supported service called pbs. then, in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see. bringing you unfiltered content from congress, and beyond in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since the landscape has clearly changed, there is no monolithic media, broadcasting has given away to narrowcasting, youtube stars are a thing. but c-span's big idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports c- span, it's nonpartisan coverage of washington is funded as a public service by your cable or satellite provider on television and online, c-

the new democrat coalition. also, former representatives democratic jason all die, and republican tom davis of virginia, on ways to make government more effective, civil, and less partisan be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven easton, tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> once, tv was simply three giant networks in a government supported service called pbs. then, in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on...

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you for hosting this. these are no labels members.i'mtomdavis, iserved in the house for seven terms and left congress undefeated and unindicted. something i'm very proud of. we have three very able panelists today. i will give them each a brief introduction and allow them each to make a couple comments and i will lead with a couple lead-off questions and we'll open up for the audience to ask any questions you want to do. to my immediate left is john katko, represents syracuse, new york, as the senator of his district, elected in 2014. he's with us today. he is a republican. jim costa is next to him, he's from the san joaquin valley in california, has a long, long political pedigree in the state legislature and since coming to congress. and then to his left, we have kurt schrader and schrader is from oregon, suburban oregon, starting right outside of portland and running down from there. he is a democrat. >> and a veterinarian. >> and a veterinarian, that's right. you ran a veterinarian clinic. >> i used to be popular. everybody loves animals. >> right. >> while the rest of us

you for hosting this. these are no labels members. i'm tom davis, i served in the house for seven terms and left congress undefeated and unindicted. something i'm very proud of. we have three very able panelists today. i will give them each a brief introduction and allow them each to make a couple comments and i will lead with a couple lead-off questions and we'll open up for the audience to ask any questions you want to do. to my immediate left is john katko, represents syracuse, new york, as...

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. politically, i've looked at it this way. i survived because as i tell my colleagues, iwasn'ttomdavis, iwas mr. woodrow wilson. they saw some redeeming qualities to keep me around. >> you've always had redeeming qualities. >> well, that was one of them. i don't know that's been lost. we have so many new members. you were around then. we have so many new members who don't understand how well the place can work. how do you see this evolving? >> i don't know. over 60%, 70% of the congress now have been there eight years or less. i don't feel like an old veteran, but, geez. i think there's an educational factor and i think there's an interest certainly in our caucus about returning to earmarks. how we do that to try to indicate that this is on the basis of merit and projects that are necessary. and who knows better, frankly, in many ways than a member of congress as to what the needs of their district are. certainly, tom, you knew about the woodrow wilson bridge, we all know it because we spend some time here in our nation's capital. but the transportation needs of any congressional distric

. politically, i've looked at it this way. i survived because as i tell my colleagues, i wasn't tom davis, i was mr. woodrow wilson. they saw some redeeming qualities to keep me around. >> you've always had redeeming qualities. >> well, that was one of them. i don't know that's been lost. we have so many new members. you were around then. we have so many new members who don't understand how well the place can work. how do you see this evolving? >> i don't know. over 60%, 70%...

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, former representatives democratic jason all die, andrepublicantomdavisofvirginia, on ways to make government more effective, civil, and less partisan be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven easton, tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> once, tv was simply three giant networks in a government supported service called pbs. then, in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see. bringing you unfiltered content from congress, and beyond in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since the landscape has clearly changed, there is no monolithic media, broadcasting has given away to narrowcasting, youtube stars are a thing. but c-span's big idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports c- span, it's nonpartisan coverage of washington is funded as a public service by your cable or satellite provider on television and online, c-span is you unfiltered view of gove

, former representatives democratic jason all die, and republican tom davis of virginia, on ways to make government more effective, civil, and less partisan be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven easton, tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> once, tv was simply three giant networks in a government supported service called pbs. then, in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to...

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. >> thank you very much. and i'm going to thank you for hosting this. these are no labels members.i'mtomdavis.i served in the house for seven terms and left congress undefeated and unindicted. so i'm very proud of that. we got three very able panelists today. i'm going to give them a brief introduction and allow them to make a couple comments. we're going to open up for the audience to ask any questions. to my left is john katko. he represents syracuse in new york. elected in 2014. he's a republican. i didn't mean kos ta is election to him. he has a long, listening political pedigree both in the state legislature since coming to congress and then to his left we have kurt schrader and charader is from oregon, starting right outside of portland and running down from there. he's a democrat. >> and a veterinarian. >> and a veterinarian, that's right. >> everybody loves animals. while the rest of us was watching the super bowl, he was watching the puppy bowl. let me start, john, with you. just talk a little bit about the prospects for an infrastructure bill. we're under the fast act right n

. >> thank you very much. and i'm going to thank you for hosting this. these are no labels members. i'm tom davis. i served in the house for seven terms and left congress undefeated and unindicted. so i'm very proud of that. we got three very able panelists today. i'm going to give them a brief introduction and allow them to make a couple comments. we're going to open up for the audience to ask any questions. to my left is john katko. he represents syracuse in new york. elected in 2014....